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LEAD PENGIL 0R GRAYON HOLDER.

Patented July 10. 1888.

WITNESSES NMTMN I NITED STATES PATENT Fries.

OSCAR A. WEISSENBORN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

LEAD PENClL. OR CRAYQN HOLDER.

.EiPElCIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 385,781, dated July 10, 1888.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OSCAR A. \VEIssEN- BORN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lead Pencil and Crayon Holders, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and accurate description.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and effective holder for lead and slate pencils, crayons, rubber, and other like articles; and it consists in a tube of metal or other suitable material for holding said pencil, crayon, or rubber, provided with a wedgeshaped slot or aperture, giving elasticity to the end of the tube, and also furnished with a slide, by means of which the edge or sides of the aperture or slot can be brought together when desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a side elevation of my invention; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same; Fig. 3, my improved holder used on crayon, and Fig. 4 the same used as a pencilholder.

Similar letters of reference represent similar parts.

A represents a tube of suitable material, preferably metal, which may be closed at the end B, if desired. 0 isaslot or aperture caused by cutting from said tube a wedge-shaped portion. The tube A may be slitted partly or entirely through its length, if desired, at the interior end of the slot 0.

The edges on m of the slot 0 are turned backward upon the tube A. E is a wedge-shaped slide fitting over the slot 0, and having its edges a it turned over and engaging in the space formed by turning the edges or m of the slot 0 upon the tube A.

The operation of my invention, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, is as follows: The crayon in Fig. 3, being inserted in the tube A, which it fits loosely, when the slide E is pushed toward the end B, is drawn out to the desired length for use beyond the end of the tube. The slide E is then pushed forward, and by its motion draws the ends of the slotted tube to gether, thus binding the crayon and holding it in the desired position. The open end of the tube A may in this case have its edges turned slightly inward, as shown at a, said turned edges serving by their slight friction with the crayon to hold it temporarily in position until the slide E is pushed forward.

In Fig. 4 the tube A is represented as having both ends open and as applied to that class of lead-pencils in which the lead r moves freely in the wooden case, said case *0 being slitted, so as to allowsuch movements. When the slide E is pushed back, the lead 0' drops into the wooden case 0. When it is desired to use the pencil, the lead is allowed to move forward and project, as shown at s, and the slide E, being moved forward, presses the open ends of the slot 0 together and clamps the lead in the desired position.

A cylindrical piece of rubber may be substituted for the crayon in Fig. 3, and thus form a neat and useful protector for said rubber.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-- l. A pencil or crayon holder consisting of a metallic or elastic tube with aslotted wedge shaped opening and a wedge-shaped slide, the sides of said wedge opening and slide interlocking into each other, substantially as described.

2. A pencil or crayon holder consistingof the tube A, with the slotted wedgeslnaped opening 0, having turned-down edges in m, and a wedge shaped slide, E, with the turneddown edges n a, substantially as described.

3. A pencil or crayon holder consisting of the tube A, with inclined or turned-in edges a, and with the slotted wedge-shaped opening O,havingturned-down edges or m, and a wedgcshaped slide, E, with the turned-down edges or 11, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of March, 1888.

OSCAR A. \VEISSENBORX.

In presence of- R. 'I. VAN BOSKEROK, CHARLES G. Con. 

